Scott Sinclair eyes Premier League return with Swansea

Scott Sinclair has been a smash hit this season scoring 24 goals following a £1m move from Chelsea

The Swansea winger plans to take a giant step towards the Premier League tonight in the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-final at Nottingham Forest.

He has been a smash hit this season scoring 24 goals following a £1m move from Chelsea last August. “It would mean everything to get back to the Premier League so this is without doubt the biggest game of my career,” said the England Under-21 star.

“I want to prove to everyone I am a Premier League player. “I am confident in my own ability and I’m sure I will be playing in the Premier League again.

“But everyone at this club is ambitious and wants to play in the best league in the world. “We’re on a journey together and it would be a massive thing for me, the club and the city to play in the Premier League.”

Swans boss Brendan Rodgers attempted to take the heat off his players by claiming his side are underdogs. The bookies see it differently and Sinclair, 21, insisted: “If we do go up, there is enough quality in the team and we’d do well.

“It’s not my call but I don’t think we’d have to buy too many players. But we have to focus on Forest first.” Swansea suffered a 3-1 defeat on their visit to Nottingham in September but Rodgers warned Forest counterpart Billy Davies to expect the ‘real’ Swansea to turn up tonight.

He said: “We didn’t play well at all that day. But we’re a different and better side than what we were back then in every facet of the game.”